BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 18 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
When "Lecture Notes on Configuration Aerodynamics" was released on Jan. 19, which would have been William Mason's 79th birthday, it marked more than the publication of a new engineering resource. It represented years of collaboration, careful stewardship, and a shared commitment to honoring a colleague's legacy while expanding access to knowledge.
Published by Virginia Tech's Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (AOE) in association with Virginia Tech Publishing, the open textbook is a grant-funded project of the University Libraries' Open Education Initiative. The project dates back to 2021, when Un...